WAITING ON GOD. 397 thou complainest, thou art not just." And what reason does he give 1 Why, God is greater than man; infinite- ly so, in power and sovereign glory ; he is so absolute that he giveth no account of any of his matters ; and what folly, what injustice is it to complain of his pro- ceedings! Consider his absolute dominion over the works of his hands, over thyself and all that thou bast ; his infinite distance from thee, and greatness above thee, and then see whether it be just or not to re- pine against what he doeth. And he presses the same considerations in chap. 34: 18, 19. If, when kings and princes rule in righteousness, it is a contempt of their authority to say to them they are wicked and un- godly, wilt thou then speak against him, contend with him " that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; for they are all the work of his hands 1" And ver. 29. "When he giveth quietness, who can make trouble 1 and when he hideth his face, who can behold him 1 whether it be done against a nation or against a man only." What- ever God doeth, and towards whomsoever, be they many or few, a whole nation or city, or one single per- son, be they high or low, rich or poor, good or bad, all are the works of his hands ; and he may deal with them as seems good unto him. And this man alone, as God afterwards declares, made use of the right and pro- per means to take off Job from complaining, to com- pose his spirit to rest and peace, and to bring him to wait patiently for God : for whereas his other friends injuriously charged him with hypocrisy, and that he had in an especial manner above other men deserved those judgments of God which he was exercised with ;
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